Patient's question:
I am 26 years old this year, and I have been feeling very uncomfortable recently. I haven't been a mother for long. Could you please tell me: Is postpartum hair loss a disease?Doctor's answer:
Postpartum hair loss is not exactly a disease; it is actually a type of normal hair loss. That is to say, some people who have given birth may have the idea that "February recognizes the mother," meaning that when the child is three months old, they start to recognize their mother, and yet their hair has already started to fall out. In reality, this is not the case. Postpartum hair loss occurs because during pregnancy, the hair that was supposed to fall out did not do so. So, when hormone levels suddenly rise around the three-month mark, the hair that was supposed to fall out does so. This is actually a normal physiological process. This usually lasts for about six to nine months, and this is all considered a normal part of postpartum hair loss.